Investigators, a helicopter and a team of dogs caught a man Friday who deputies say tried to break into a house and then ran into the woods in Williamston.

Sheriff's spokesman Chad McBride said the man tried to break into a house on Cherokee Road and was seen by a woman who was inside the home.

"She was supposed to be at work, but she wasn't," McBride said.

McBride said the man ran away and was spotted by a deputy who was in the area. He said the deputy tried to stop the man, who ran into the woods.

Authorities looked for the man for more than an hour.

Sgt. Andy Hyslop and Deputy Kevin Evatt with his dog, Duke, and Deputy Caleb Carrol with his dog, Amy, picked up the trail at the woman's home and followed it through a heavily wooded area to a home on Autumn Drive where a man was found underneath the house.